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Mission 13: Round and Round! Find the Floor!

Check out WarriorGallade's post on this Mission for more specific tips.

Overview

• Difficulty: 2.5 stars
• Recommended level: 23+
• Time limit: 11:00 min
• Goal: Capture five Smoochum

Rank Rewards

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Quantity	Group	Friendship Gauge	AP	Slates
	Ambipom	2 (Patterns 3 & 4)	Normal	2,340	8	Aipom (50%) Ambipom (50%)
	Koffing	3	Poison	1,300	4	Koffing (95%) Weezing (5%)
	Weezing	13 (Patterns 1 & 3) 1 (Patterns 2 & 4)	Poison	2,600	7	Weezing (90%) Koffing (10%)
	Flaaffy	2	Electric	1,820	6	Flaaffy (80%) Mareep (15%) Ampharos (5%)
	Marill	1 (Patterns 3 & 4)	Water	1,300	3	Marill (80%) Azumarill (20%)
	Politoed	12 (Patterns 2 & 4)	Water	2,132	6	Politoed (100%)
	Smoochum	5	Psychic	936	3	N/A
	Glameow	2 (Patterns 1 & 2)	Normal	1,300	4	Glameow (90%) Purugly (10%)
	Purugly	2	Normal	2,860	7	Purugly (90%) Glameow (10%)
	Snover	2	Ice	1,196	4	Snover (100%)

Boss

Pokémon		Group	Friendship Gauge	Agitated Gauge	AP
	Empoleon	Water	9,860	1,188	13

Strategy and Map

Text of this section & map image are taken from WarriorGallade's post on the subject, supplemented with information from the official Prima guide book, and condensed/reorganized slightly. Used with permission.

Map

This Mission contains four different patterns of wild Pokémon that can appear. Click a thumbnail below to view that pattern's map.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4

Legend:

• Blue tile: The player's start point.
• Red tile: Takes the player to the boss room, once the condition has been met.
• Green tile: Teleports the player to another specific location on the map.
• Striped green tile: This tile is invisible most of the time. It can always be walked on.
• Orange circle (around a Pokémon): This Pokémon is angry and will chase the player on sight.
• Brown circle (around a Pokémon): This Pokémon is angry and will launch projectiles toward the player on sight.
• Icons like this (lighter) restore the player's Styler by the specified number of energy.
• Icons like this (POW) increase the player's Styler's power by 20%.
• Icons like this (PART) increase the player's Partner Pokémon's Poké Assist power by 20%.
• Icons like this (DEF) reduce the player's damage taken by 1 (to a minimum of 1).
• Icons like this (SPE) increase the player's movement speed.

This level introduces invisible tiles, which flash bright green for a short time roughly every 4 seconds. Memorize their locations, since trying to locate them through trial and error costs time. Capture 5 Smoochum, who are easy to catch, but the stage is large and missing one means heavy backtracking. Weezing/Politoed circling the path aren't difficult to capture, but you can get chained into multiple captures if you're careless. Time is generous, so a clear is always possible if you avoid backtracking.

The invisible tile locations, in order, are: top-left, bottom-left, top-right, top-right, middle. The last two are in a separate room whose structure becomes more annoying in later missions; the entire left half of that room is useless.

Some Pokémon are only found in certain patterns, so grinding for their Slates is dependent on getting the correct pattern.

• In the second room, the player first sees Glameow: Pattern 1 or 2.
• In the second room, the player first sees Ambipom: Pattern 3 or 4.
• On a Glameow pattern, in the third room, the player first sees Weezing: Pattern 1.
• On a Glameow pattern, in the third room, the player first sees Politoed: Pattern 2.
• On an Ambipom pattern, in the third room, the player first sees Weezing: Pattern 3.
• On an Ambipom pattern, in the third room, the player first sees Politoed: Pattern 4.

Boss

• Cutting attack (!): A swipe with its wings in the direction it's facing. Sometimes combos into two swipes. Targets your Partner Pokémon if it is on the field. 10 damage per hit. Possible to loop around.
• Furious water pillar (!!): Summons 3 water pillars at random points on the screen, that last about 8 seconds. 6 damage per hit. Possible to loop around.

Sometimes, the attack telegraphed by a !! or !!! might be one of three different attacks, as follows:

1. A spiral of water pillars launched in 4 directions.
2. 12 water pillars at random parts of the screen.
3. Water pillars summoned in a sort of curved-X shape, reaching the screen corners.

After agitation, Empoleon may sometimes leave water pillars where it walks that fade after a few seconds.

S-Rank Tips

Difficulty depends on knowing the tile locations and the general Smoochum areas; a blind run will likely run out of time. You finally get all four powerups again, so you can play more recklessly against Empoleon. Expect a B rank once you know the layout and collect everything, and A rank after a few attempts. S rank is close but may be held up by Empoleon's stalling water jets.

Partner Choice

Piplup continues to have a real niche despite the type disadvantage: its slowing effect, range, and quick recharge counter Empoleon's speed. No good Electric or Grass Assists are available yet. Sceptile is a medium-range option that could do a lot of damage, but it risks being hit by the water spirals. Partner choice matters less here than in the last mission.